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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11507
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14626
13 Actual Demand 11225
14 Aggregate Planning 12254
15 Air Cargo 10095
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6669
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34889
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15346
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19317
20 Assembly Line 22470
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22998
22 Average Speed of Answer 26575
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23162
24 Batch Production 38422
25 Bill Discounting 14553
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11244
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7165
28 Blanket Release 10037
29 Bonded Warehouse 10080
30 Booking Number 13815
31 Bottleneck 9541
32 Buffer Stock 59317
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9690
35 Business Logistics 25768
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40596
38 Capacity Utilization 14127
39 Capital Intensive 8429
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8762
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12152
42 Certified Supplier 8977
43 Channel Effectiveness 8945
44 Co-Destiny 9317
45 Co-managed Inventory 12578
46 Co-Packers 11795
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7703
49 Consular Invoice 19819
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10291
52 Continuous Replenishment 19582
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10288
58 Courier Service 15261
59 CPFR 8239
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11818
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44201
62 Date Code 18259
63 Days of Supply 19859
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7324
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8127
67 Detective Control 8924
68 Devanning 14225
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10981
70 Dispatching 24550
71 Distributed Inventory 8371
72 Distribution Channel Management 34787
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24222
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52777
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22402
78 Dual 5453
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20629
80 Echelon Inventory 26233
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49781
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7631
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31778
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16550
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9842
92 External Growth 10093
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9533
94 Field Services 7752
95 Field Warehouse 10531
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8788
97 Fishbone Diagram 14626
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27067
99 Flow Through Distribution 12329
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8196
101 FOB Destination 13053
102 Forward buying 30193
103 Freight Charge 10423
104 Freight Consolidation 7541
105 Gantt Chart 8302
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11748
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29611
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23458
110 Idle Time 8082
 
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